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“While everyone’s story is unique, there are some common tensions that emerge among the dechurched. • They wanted community . . . and got judgment. • They wanted to affect the life of the church . . . and got bureaucracy. • They wanted conversation . . . and got doctrine. • They wanted meaningful engagement with the world . . . and got moral prescription.”
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
“Our respondents also told us they’d encountered church planters, missional pastors, and on-campus religious groups who had utilized a “relationship first” model in which they were exhorted to make friends with people, gain their trust, and then invite them to church. Our respondents found these “shadow missions” abhorrent. The idea of pursuing relationships or conversations with an ulterior motive was anathema to them. They rejected the goal of shadow missions: to get people to come to God and/or the church.”
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
“The structures that dominate most churches work very well for the large segment of the congregation that’s not particularly involved, or interested in being involved. But these same structures are not only ineffective for the most active members, they are actually driving them away.”
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
― Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
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